CVE-2002-0694

The HTML Help facility in Microsoft Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, Millennium Edition, NT 4.0, NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP…

published September 1, 2004

CVSS

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EPSS

14%

Percentile

96.5

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

The HTML Help facility in Microsoft Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, Millennium Edition, NT 4.0, NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP uses the Local Computer Security Zone when opening .chm files from the Temporary Internet Files folder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTML mail that references or inserts a malicious .chm file containing shortcuts that can be executed, aka "Code Execution via Compiled HTML Help File."

The record

Technical detail

CVSS: Not scored
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.13737 · 96.5th percentile
Published: 2004-09-01T04:00Z

EPSS history

Timeline

01 SEP 04:00Z
The HTML Help facility in Microsoft Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, Millennium Edition, NT 4.0, NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP…
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